149,496
149K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Office of Civil Defense
movies
eye 149,496
favorite 372
comment 15
"Explains" the dangers of the atomic bomb, the effects of radiation and how to protect oneself if caught in the open or in the home.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War
19,325
19K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Warner Pathé News
movies
eye 19,325
favorite 28
comment 1
Compilation of 1950s newsreel stories on atomic weapons testing, civil defense and nuclear energy.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: General, Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Atomic-nuclear: Weapons
87,205
87K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies
eye 87,205
favorite 177
comment 17
Frightening civil defense procedure film aimed at Cold War-era elementary school students.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 17 reviews )
Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense
21,432
21K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Audio Productions
movies
eye 21,432
favorite 17
comment 3
Tour of the first commercial nuclear power plant.
favoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Energy
26,929
27K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Audio Productions
movies
eye 26,929
favorite 14
comment 3
Tour of the first commercial nuclear power plant.
favoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Energy
27,155
27K
Sep 30, 2013
09/13
by
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
movies
eye 27,155
favorite 259
comment 3
Explains steps to take in case of an atomic bomb alert or a bombing without warning at school, in the open or at home. Gives simple explanation of nuclear fusion. 22:22:22 Classic atomic eyeball shot 22:22:50 CU Hands operating a Geiger Counter 22:22:54 CU Students faces 22:22:57 CU Hands on a Geiger Counter 22:23:29 Atomic Scientists doing experiments 22:23:45 Animation of atomic bomb detonating in city 22:24:08 Animation of faceless boy in from of faceless family. In the background a cutout...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
8,726
8.7K
Oct 12, 2013
10/13
by
U.S. Office of Civil Defense
movies
eye 8,726
favorite 37
comment 1
Explains the dangers of the atomic bomb, the effects of radiation and what the individual should do to protect himself if caught in the open or in his home. 06:49:17:11 CU woman gives baleful look up from clothesline at clouds; CU man gives ominous, fearful look up at clouds; great shot of nimbus clouds from airplane. Audio track: “Let us face without panic the reality of our times. The fact that atom bombs may someday be dropped on our cities. And let us prepare for survival by understanding...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
3,997
4.0K
Oct 12, 2013
10/13
by
U.S. Office of Civil Defense
movies
eye 3,997
favorite 19
comment 1
Explains the dangers of the atomic bomb, the effects of radiation and what the individual should do to protect himself if caught in the open or in his home. 06:49:17:11 CU woman gives baleful look up from clothesline at clouds; CU man gives ominous, fearful look up at clouds; great shot of nimbus clouds from airplane. Audio track: “Let us face without panic the reality of our times. The fact that atom bombs may someday be dropped on our cities. And let us prepare for survival by understanding...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
6,285
6.3K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Christophers, The
movies
eye 6,285
favorite 12
comment 1
Drama showing the reactions of citizens of a small town to the construction of a nuclear energy plant in their community, and their acceptance of the peaceful aspects of atomic energy.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Peaceful uses, Sustainability, Rural life
12,056
12K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Christophers, The
movies
eye 12,056
favorite 27
comment 5
Drama showing the reactions of citizens of a small town to the construction of a nuclear energy plant in their community, and their acceptance of the peaceful aspects of atomic energy.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Peaceful uses, Sustainability, Rural life
44,061
44K
Apr 9, 2012
04/12
by
U.S. Army
movies
eye 44,061
favorite 190
comment 6
Color footage of atomic bomb tests with active duty military personnel at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada Test Site, Nevada. Shows soldiers in foxholes as nuclear detonation occurs nearby; light and shockwaves; blowing dust; soldiers climbing out of foxholes and running towards mushroom cloud. Some of this footage is familiar by virtue of having been seen in the film Atomic Cafe. Astounding footage of nuclear weapons testing; atomic bomb explosion in the southwestern US desert (New Mexico); great...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
1,581
1.6K
May 22, 2012
05/12
by
Audio Productions
movies
eye 1,581
favorite 1
comment 1
609
609
Oct 8, 2013
10/13
by
Universal-International Newsreel
movies
eye 609
favorite 0
comment 2
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
585
585
Sep 21, 2013
09/13
by
Christophers, The
movies
eye 585
favorite 4
comment 1
Describes the reactions of citizens of a small town to the construction of an atomic energy plant in their community. Explains that an understanding by the citizenry of the peaceful applications of atomic energy influences their attitude.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
1,484
1.5K
Apr 3, 2012
04/12
by
Christophers, The
movies
eye 1,484
favorite 7
comment 1
Describes the reactions of citizens of a small town to the construction of an atomic energy plant in their community. Explains that an understanding by the citizenry of the peaceful applications of atomic energy influences their attitude.
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Topic: fixme
3,192
3.2K
Jul 10, 2013
07/13
by
Handel Film Corporation
movies
eye 3,192
favorite 4
comment 1
"The Atomic Zoo"Skeletal Entry
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
3,545
3.5K
Apr 8, 2012
04/12
by
Handel Film Corporation
movies
eye 3,545
favorite 8
comment 1
about the Atomic City
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
39,168
39K
movies
eye 39,168
favorite 61
comment 7
Soldiers prepare themselves, just in case the big one hits.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
2,565
2.6K
Aug 16, 2013
08/13
by
Cascade Pictures of California, Inc.
movies
eye 2,565
favorite 5
comment 2
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
5,932
5.9K
Jun 27, 2012
06/12
by
RKO-Pathé, Inc.
movies
eye 5,932
favorite 18
comment 2
rolls Picture A and B no audio track Made by the military picture showing exactly what the title says in great detail. Juxtaposes animation of convention and atomic bomb damage and shows exactly what Hiroshima and Nagasaki looked like after the blasts. Very clear shots of radiation victims and their wounds. Stock shots: Animation of a bomb dropping, explosive burst in sky, in a city represented by three isolated buildings (no people, sidewalks, cars, signs, stores, trees etc.) beautiful color...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
5,471
5.5K
Jun 27, 2012
06/12
by
RKO-Pathé, Inc.
movies
eye 5,471
favorite 15
comment 1
rolls Picture A and B no audio track Made by the military picture showing exactly what the title says in great detail. Juxtaposes animation of convention and atomic bomb damage and shows exactly what Hiroshima and Nagasaki looked like after the blasts. Very clear shots of radiation victims and their wounds. Stock shots: Animation of a bomb dropping, explosive burst in sky, in a city represented by three isolated buildings (no people, sidewalks, cars, signs, stores, trees etc.) beautiful color...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
13,860
14K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
movies
eye 13,860
favorite 30
comment 2
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Technical Film Report, part-animated, showing underground nuclear detonation tests. [NOTE: This film is silent.]
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Peaceful uses, Explosions
12,699
13K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, San Francisco Operations Office
movies
eye 12,699
favorite 22
comment 2
Argues for peaceful uses of nuclear weapons in construction, civil engineering and extraction of natural resources. A document of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's "Plowshare" program.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Peaceful uses, Engineering, Infrastructure: Construction
8,246
8.2K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, San Francisco Operations Office
movies
eye 8,246
favorite 18
comment 2
Argues for peaceful uses of nuclear weapons in construction, civil engineering and extraction of natural resources. A document of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's "Plowshare" program.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Peaceful uses, Engineering, Infrastructure: Construction
1,674
1.7K
Jul 11, 2012
07/12
by
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
movies
eye 1,674
favorite 1
comment 1
From http://www.osti.gov/bridge/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=794015: Project Gnome was the first nuclear experiment conducted under the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), predecessor to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Plowshare Program. The Plowshare Program focused on developing nuclear devices exclusively for peaceful purposes. The intent of the Gnome experiment was to evaluate the effects of a nuclear detonation in a salt medium. Historically, Project Gnome consisted of a single...
favoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
3,689
3.7K
Jul 7, 2012
07/12
by
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, San Francisco Operations Office
movies
eye 3,689
favorite 7
comment 2
Atomic / nuclear weapons testing
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
1,063
1.1K
Aug 16, 2013
08/13
by
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
movies
eye 1,063
favorite 4
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
2,747
2.7K
Sep 23, 2013
09/13
by
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Idaho Operations Office
movies
eye 2,747
favorite 5
comment 1
Skeletal Entry
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
209,344
209K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Bonica (Joe)
movies
eye 209,344
favorite 313
comment 35
Early atomic weapons testing.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 35 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Cold War
38,563
39K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
CBS Television Network
movies
eye 38,563
favorite 92
comment 10
Dramatized atomic evacuation of Portland, Oregon.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War, Oregon
23,002
23K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
CBS Television Network
movies
eye 23,002
favorite 53
comment 5
Dramatized atomic evacuation of Portland, Oregon.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War, Oregon
231,175
231K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Sutherland (John) Productions
movies
eye 231,175
favorite 612
comment 26
Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Energy, Physics, Animation
22,938
23K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 22,938
favorite 39
comment 2
Documents Able Day and Baker Day blasts of the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Island in the Pacific. Contains footage from many of the ground and aerial cameras set up to record the blasts, beginning with B-29 aircraft "Dave's Dream" dropping an atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean
36,266
36K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Handy (Jam) Organization
movies
eye 36,266
favorite 35
comment 3
Documents Able Day and Baker Day blasts of the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Island in the Pacific. Contains footage from many of the ground and aerial cameras set up to record the blasts, beginning with B-29 aircraft "Dave's Dream" dropping an atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean
802,805
803K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Archer Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 802,805
favorite 728
comment 77
Selected for the 2004 National Film Registry of "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" motion pictures. Famous Civil Defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Animation
37,784
38K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Universal-International Newsreel
movies
eye 37,784
favorite 19
comment 2
Vallecitos Atomic Electric Power Plant, the first licensed nuclear power plant, opens at Pleasanton, Calif. on November 25, 1957. Newsreel story.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Newsreels, Atomic-nuclear: Energy, San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda County
11,885
12K
Apr 28, 2016
04/16
by
U.S. Army
movies
eye 11,885
favorite 58
comment 2
Color footage of atomic bomb tests with active duty military personnel at Camp Desert Rock, Nevada Test Site, Nevada. Shows soldiers in foxholes as nuclear detonation occurs nearby; light and shockwaves; blowing dust; soldiers climbing out of foxholes and running towards mushroom cloud. Some of this footage is familiar by virtue of having been seen in the film Atomic Cafe. Astounding footage of nuclear weapons testing; atomic bomb explosion in the southwestern US desert (New Mexico); great...
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topic: atomic test
32,806
33K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Army Air Forces
movies
eye 32,806
favorite 48
comment 7
Airplanes and missions of the U.S. Army Air Forces, emphasizing Operation Crossroads (the Bikini Island atomic bomb tests).
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, World War II: Army Air Forces, Aviation: Military
105,257
105K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. War Department
movies
eye 105,257
favorite 120
comment 23
How the atomic bomb destroyed the people and cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 23 reviews )
Topics: World War II: Japan, Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, World War II: Nuclear weapons
34,223
34K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense
movies
eye 34,223
favorite 47
comment 6
Study of a nuclear test in 1955 at Nevada Test Site.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 6 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense
39,466
39K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Cascade Pictures of California
movies
eye 39,466
favorite 117
comment 8
Attempt to argue away the dangers of nuclear radiation, with some excellent animation.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 8 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Cold War
91,021
91K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Federal Civil Defense Administration
movies
eye 91,021
favorite 123
comment 17
Eerie nuclear tests on houses and dummies at the Nevada Test Site.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 17 reviews )
Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Weapons
60,459
60K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense
movies
eye 60,459
favorite 145
comment 9
Optimistic vision of fallout and civil defense countermeasures.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 9 reviews )
Topic: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense
1,771
1.8K
Apr 5, 2012
04/12
by
U.S. Public Health Service, Division of Radiological Health in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Albuquerque Operations Office
movies
eye 1,771
favorite 8
comment 1
DEPICTS ACTIVITIES OF DIVISION OF RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE SHOWING HEALTH PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION. Shot in the Las Vegas, Nevada area and at the Nevada Test Site.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
16,678
17K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Army
movies
eye 16,678
favorite 45
comment 7
One in a series of military training films that can only be described as post-apocalyptic.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 7 reviews )
Topics: Military, Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Warfare
24,764
25K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
U.S. Office of Civil Defense
movies
eye 24,764
favorite 74
comment 7
Nuclear fallout menaces Americans.
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Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War
7,819
7.8K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Warner Pathe News
movies
eye 7,819
favorite 15
comment 1
Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom presentation.
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Newsreels, Cold War, Atomic-nuclear: Energy
15,935
16K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Warner Pathé News
movies
eye 15,935
favorite 14
comment 1
Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom presentation. Includes: Dwight D. Eisenhower enters 1952 Republican party primary; blizzard at California's Donner Pass; Winston Churchill visits the United States; nuclear test at Frenchman's Flat, Nevada; Italian man sculpts human and animal figurines out of raw vegetables; new camera developed to track guided missiles in flight; history and landmarks of the Territory of Hawaii; captain Henrik Kurt Carlsen and his heroism at the helm of sinking...
favoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Newsreels, Atomic-nuclear: Weapons, Cold War
9,356
9.4K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Warner Pathé News
movies
eye 9,356
favorite 3
comment 2
Newsreel stories reformatted for classroom use.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 2 reviews )
Topics: Newsreels, Regional: Vietnam War, Atomic-nuclear: Weapons
44,547
45K
Jul 16, 2002
07/02
by
Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.
movies
eye 44,547
favorite 61
comment 10
Attempt to dispel many common myths and fallacies about radioactive fallout.
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 10 reviews )
Topics: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense, Cold War
